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Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’ [45r] (89/1088)
The record is made up of 1 file (542 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1932-19 Dec 1945. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Please see the note^ of the meeting at the H.F.T.
on 14th September, which Sir G-. Prior, attended on the subject
of the installation of oil tanks and supply of aviation fuel
at Bahrein. The background of this complicated subject is
Explained in the papers flagged X. ^
Sir G. Prior has now recorded tJ&e note^in this
connection in which he suggests that it will be desirable
to take early measures for the extension of the Bahrein
Civil Air Agreement ' 1 by ten years from 1943, when it is due
to expire. His point is that BAPCO may discover that our
position as regards installation of aviation oil tanks rests
primarily on the Civil Air Agreement, and that they ioay
suggest to the Bahrein Cgvemment some alteration on this
point in their favour mibrf the time conies to renew it in 1943
or before. Sir G. Prior thinks that he should have no great
difficulty in persuading the Sheikh now to give us a further
ten years on the grounds that we cannot really be expected
to plan ahead and involve ourselves in large future expenditure
when we have no guarantee of our continued tenure of the AAl^'H'****
iigre<?meat beyond 1943. I have spoken to the Ministry of
no particular objection to Ihe proposal if
is not actually committing T ^, m.
Civil Aviation and their first reaction was that there was
we advise it. It
'ouroolTi^eg to much since^e|only
pay the Sheikh an annual sum of £500 plus an additional £4^
a year for each additional service' thus the amount which qS-i ^>7
pay is proportionate to the amount of use which we make of
Bahrein, and we are only committed to an expenditure of £500
a year.
It is suggested that the best way of getting the
matter clear would be to have a meeting at the
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
,
and a draft letter to the Ministry of Civil Aviation suggesting
this is submitted. Sir G. Prior has seen and approved the
draft.
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The file contains correspondence related to negotiations surrounding the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934) between the British Government and the Government of Bahrain, along with subsequent amendments and renewals, and issues arising from the implementation of the agreement. Occasional reference is made to similar agreements with Kuwait, Muscat, and Sharjah. It also covers the preliminary negotiations in 1933 between Imperial Airways and the Government of Bahrain, and the file contains three draft versions of this agreement: see folios 489-495, 516-518, and 533-539. The latter negotiations are superseded by negotiations for the Civil Air Agreement, following a decision to standardise civil aviation procedures across the Arab Shaikhdoms.
Issues related to Muharraq Aerodrome and the Manama Flying Boat base are also covered in the file, which includes the application of a legal definition of an aerodrome to Bahrain, and efforts to define the geographical extent of these air bases. This includes negotiations with the Government of Bahrain for the purchase of additional land round the Muharraq Airfield for the Royal Air Force (RAF), and the extension of facilities such as the pier at Manama. A sketch map produced by the Government of Bahrain in 1944 can be found on folio 133 in relation to a proposal from the British Government to acquire an area – referred to as area 'C' – adjacent to the Muharraq Aerodrome for the RAF.
A map can be found on folio 245 showing the approaches to Bahrain harbour, which is included as a result of negotiations to establish a flying boat service through Bahrain in 1937.
The Arabic language content is limited to a copy of the Bahrain Civil Air Agreement (1934), which contains both Arabic and English translations (see folios 332-348), and a few items of additional correspondence with the Shaikh of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah [Shaikh, Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah].
The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Hugh Weightman, and Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. . Occasional reference is made to the Government of Bahrain via Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (542 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 543; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- Coll 5/25 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing ground at Bahrain; Bahrain Civil Air Agreement’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:59v, 61r:69v, 72r:119v, 123r:131v, 134r:157v, 159r:201v, 203r:237v, 241r:244v, 246r:247v, 250r:278v, 283r:300v, 302r:319v, 321r:325v, 327r:328v, 330r:348v, 350r:359v, 361r:375v, 377r:439v, 444r:458v, 462r:468v, 473r:488v, 496r:515v, 519r:530v, 540r:543v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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